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No. 753,371. y

J.- A. DAWSON.

LABEL.

PATBNTBD MAR. 1, 1904.

APPLIOATI-OHYIILED MAB.. 21, 1903.

'I0 ing-cord and to devise simple and novel means UNITED 'STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

' ...I OsIAH A; DAWSON, OF OKAROHE, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

sPEcmcArrIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,371, dated March 1, '1904.

Appiiminn nea umh 21, 1903.

.'lfo all whom Vit may concern: `Be it known that I, J OsIAH A. DAwsON,a citizen-of theUnited States, residing at Okarche, in the county of Canadian and Territory of 5 Oklahoma, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Labels, of which the -following is a specification.

'.lhspinvention has relation to labels, the purpose being to prevent cutting of the attach- Vfor reinforcing portions of the label border- 'Qing upon the opening through which the attaching-cord is .passed v The invention consists, essentially, of the 1,5- novel features which hereinafter will be more pmticnlarly set forth, illustrated, and finally claimed.

n Figure 1 is a front viewof a label embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the 2o label on the line X X of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated inV both views of the drawings by the same reference characters. g5 The label is preferably formed of sheet material, such as metal, and may be of any form g and provided with any matter, -according to the specific use for which it maybe designed. rlhe body of the label is indicated at 1 Iand 30. the opening for the attaching-cord at 4, said opening being located adjacent to the edge of Serial No..148,9'78. (No model.)

the label and having inner and outer portions laterally deflected and bent to provide rounded portions to prevent cutting of the cord or injury thereto. A portion of the outer edge of the .label is bent laterally from opposite sides, as indicated at 2, and a portion 3, bordering uponthe opening 4 and adjacent to the outer edge, is bent laterally from opposite sides of the label in a similar manner to the part 2. The laterally-bent portions 2 and 3 provide a rounded portion to be encircled by the attaching-cord, whereby the same is prevented from being cut or frayed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isi A sheet-metal label having an opening near its edge to receive an attaching-cord, and having a portion bordering upon said opening bent laterally from opposite sides to form a rounded edge, and having a portion of lthe outer edge adjacent to the said Opening similarly bent from opposite sides and indented, the rounded edges receiving the cord and prefeting injury thereto, substantially as speci- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J OSIAH A. DAVSON.' [L s.] Witnesses:

E. A. HUMPHREY, T. H. SAXON. 

